Who's afraid of killer robots?

Future Perfect

• Episode: Who's afraid of killer robots?
• Website: Future Perfect
• Feed URL: https://feeds.megaphone.fm/futureperfect
• Duration: 00:30:01
• Published: 2019-06-26 11:00

Most charity is focused on the near term. So what happens when you try to only give to charities that will help humans a long time from now — not just in 100 years, but in a million years? To find out, we talk to Jaan Tallinn, a founding engineer of Skype who is trying to force the world to take threats to the future, threats like AI, seriously.Tallinn explains his concern with AI at an effective altruism conferenceKelsey Piper explains the risks of unconstrained AIAI experts on when they expect AI to outpace human intelligenceTed Chiang’s critique of concern with AI safety Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices